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Andy Plesser: Video: WikiLeaks Episode Marks Big Development for The Guardian’s "Data Journalism" Initiative

LONDON -- The Guardian newspaper has been in the forefront of managing, interpreting and publishing government data as a new form of content --...

Andy Plesser: Video: NBC’s Research Czar: Online and Mobile Video Analytics are in the "Prehistoric Ages"

Analytics around online and mobile video is in the "prehistoric ages," with no single source to provide adequate information, says Alan Wurtzel who is...

Andy Plesser: Emmy News Nominations for LA Times, New York Times, Boston Globe, San Jose Merc and Time.com

Nominations for Emmy Awards for news and documentaries were announced today.  PBS leads with the most nominations followed by CBS and the other television...

Andy Plesser: Exclusive: Online Video News Consumption Doubles in 12 Months, comScore…The AP Nearing Half a Billion Views on YouTube

The consumption of online video news and information clips has doubled over the past 12 months, to 565 million video views in May, up...

Andy Plesser: Live From 30 Rock, It’s Beet.TV (6/22 @4-6 p.m. EDT)

Beet_tv on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free It's the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable, a high-level exploration of online video and the strategies around monetizing, syndication and...

Andy Plesser: Video: "Women are Taking Over the World of Media," Digitas Chief Creative Officer

We caught up with Mark Beeching, Chief Creative Director of Digitas, at the company's Digital Content NewFront 2010 conference in Manhattan last week.  ...

Andy Plesser: Video:Yahoo’s Old Fashion Take on Value of Journalism: Scoops Drive a Media Business

LOS ANGELES --Hiring a small group of enterprising sports reporters four years, who grabbed headlines with scoops, was a clear indication of the value...

Andy Plesser: Video: Huffington Post Readies LinkedIn Integration and Travel Vertical

The Huffington Post, one of the first publishers to integrate Facebook Connect and the first to publish a Twitter edition, will soon integrate with LinkedIn, says the HuffPost's CEO Eric Hippeau in this video interview.

Andy Plesser: Video: Mayor Mike Clongs Media Biz for Producing Weak Content

The problems with the media business is not the result of technology, it's about quality of content, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a press...

Andy Plesser: Rachel Maddow’s Rand Paul Interview on MSNBC.com Gets Half a Million Online Views

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rachel Maddow's Wednesday night news-making interview with Rand Paul, Republican candidate for U.S....

Andy Plesser: Video: Justin.tv Beats YouTube in Time Per Viewer by 2-1 Margin, Nielsen

According to a report just out from Nielsen on video views for April, visitors to Justin.tv, the live web video site, had an average of nearly 170 minutes watched per month per user, versus just 95 minutes for YouTube watchers.

Andy Plesser: How a Young Kara Swisher Got Her Big Break at the Washington Post (Video)

Over 25 years ago, a incensed Georgetown undergraduate "railed" on the phone about the sloppy coverage of her college to Assistant Managing Editor Larry...